twigs

英 [twɪɡz]

美 [twɪɡz]

n.  细枝; 小枝; 嫩枝
v.  (突然地)懂得，理解，明白，意识到
twig的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 细枝;嫩枝
  Atwigis a very small thin branch that grows out from a main branch of a tree or bush.
• VERB 顿悟;突然醒悟;豁然开窍
  If youtwig, you suddenly realize or understand something.
  1. Then I twigged that they were illegal immigrants...
     然后我突然意识到他们是非法移民。
  2. By the time she'd twigged what it was all about it was too late.
     等到她把一切都想通时，已为时太晚。

双语例句

• Willow twigs are pliable.
  柳条很软。
• Slender flexible branches or twigs ( especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork.
  细长柔韧的枝或嫩条（尤指柳或一些藤茎植物），用于枝编工艺。
• I could see twigs on the willow bush.
  我看得见柳树丛的嫩枝了。
• Sharp twigs scratched her arms and legs.
  尖利的小刺刮伤了她的手臂和大腿；
• The twigs have arrived.
  布景用的树枝运到了。
• The tapir uses its trunk to pick up the leaves and twigs it eats.
  貘用它的象鼻捡起它食用的树叶和树枝。
• They built a pyramid of leaves and twigs.
  他们用树叶和枝条堆成一个角锥体。
• The drains got silted up again with mud and bits of twigs.
  排水沟被淤泥和细枝堵塞了。
• Termite fishing with twigs and the mid-ribs of leaves were two.
  用小树枝和树叶中脉钓取白蚁是其中的两种模式。
• Some birds build nests of twigs.
  一些鸟用树枝筑巢。